Improvement in sleighs



UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

E. H. GILLMAN, OF MONTPELIER, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIGHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 82,706, dated October6, 1868.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, E. H. GILLMAN, of Montpelier, in the county ofWashington and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Methodof Constructing Sleighs.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of metallicsleigh-runners so constructed and attached to the body of the sleigh asto dispense with the use of beams, posts, and braces.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

I construct the runners A A, Drawing No. 1, of steel or other metal, andbend them in front, in the usual form of s1eigh-runners, extending themin front to the top of the dash G, which is iirmly bolted or screwed tothem, as seen by the drawing, and marked E E E E. The sleigh-bottom isalso made fast to the runners and dash by bolts I I E E.

Near the back part of the sleigh-body, upon the inside, is the boa-rd orpiece of wood J, passing from one side of the body to the other,answering as a support for the sleigh-seat, and to which the runners,being bent upward at the rear, as seen in drawing No. 2, are fastned bymeans of bolts or screws marked If F F. The draw-rods D D pass throughthe runners at the back part of the sleigh, and are secured by nuts, asseen at K, and pass through the runners in front, terminating with ahook or eye, as seen at M M, through which is passed the rod L, uponwhich the shafts or thills may bey fastened.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The draw-rods D D for sleighs, for the purA poses and in the manner andform set forth;

E. H. GILLMAN.

Witnesses J. W. SwAsEY, M. FRENCH.

